Oskar Blues Ten FIDY

rating this a day after w/ limited notes but an overall score: can. pitch black pour. fantastic aroma of dark chocolate and coffee. creamy bitter-sweet taste. oily texture (?). definitely like it. but need to re-rate proper.

Date: 08/01/08, 12 oz. can, #900!!

Aroma - Roasted grain, black coffee, bitter chocolate, spice

Appearance - Black, no light escapes, medium brown creamy head with good durability, and thick strands of lace,

Flavor - Treacle and black strap molasses, peppery bitterness, and a dry, but not overly harsh finish

Palate - Full body, light carbonation, very smooth with anice thick, plate coating mouthfeel. Dry with a a very mild astringency.

Overall - An excellent impy sotut, and in a can nonentheless!! Well balanced and very drinkable, alcohol not really in evidence.

I think my car might be able to run on this beer. Pours like motor oil from the can with an intiidating brown head of foam. Balanced notes of coffee and cocoa in the aroma, and perhaps a little blueberry. Cocoa dominates the flavor, which finishes like espresso. Very sticky and malty. "This dog’ll hunt," is right.

[1388-20080524] Growler. Super dark cocoa roasted malt aroma with a bit of smoky cigars. Deep black body with a medium-lasting creamy dark tan red head. Roasted malt and burnt coffee grounds continues in the flavour. Full heavy body. Really nice, it’s "like biting into a coffee bean."
(w/ others)

Can. This pours black, letting no light shine through. Thin tan head with tights bubbles, very nice lacing. Has some serious legs, clings to the glass. Roasty, heavily chocolate, coffee on the nose. Chocolate, coffee, caramel, huge dose of bitter hops to finish. Big mouthfeel, drying from the hops and probably some from the roast as well. Solid.

This bad bitch literally glugged out of the can. One of the thickest, darkest pours you’re likely to ever witness. A scant brown head was gone quickly. The aroma was rich chocolate, coffee, light floral hops. The flavor was kind of like a chocolate milkshake actually. Rich chocolate, creamy milk, some coffee and a bit of dryness on the end. The mouthfeel was full, thick and chewy and some unchecked alcohol heat snuck in on the finish putting a mild damper on what is otherwise a truly great brew.

7/5/08 On draught at the Seattle International Beerfest. Aroma is creamy roast malt forward folowed by slight sweetness. Appearance is black with a well maintained tan head. Flavor is heavily roast malt forward, slightly sour, with low sweetness and bittering. Mouthfeel is full bodied with a strong grainy feel. Overall, cool, but needs more sweetness and dark fruit, I think I preferred the can version, to be honest.

Poured the clolor of grasshopper spiit with a super thick brown chocolate head and lacing. Strong aroma and flavor of rich roasty malts, nuts, alcohol, rich black chocolate and coffee. Heavy bodied with a bitter alcoholy finish.